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Norwegian, Margaritaville team up to let cruisers waste away at sea

Jimmy Buffet does his thing at an annoucement between Norwegian Cruise Line and Margaritaville. The deal sees a Margaritaville restaurant on the all-new Norwegian Escape, coming Fall 2015. (Gustavo Caballero / Getty Images)

By Richard TribouSpecial to the Star

Fri., Jan. 9, 2015

There’s going to be a lot more lost shakers of salt at sea. Norwegian Cruise Line is partnering with Margaritaville for its new Miami-based ship, the Norwegian Escape.

CEO Kevin Sheehan announced the partnership with the musical stylings of Jimmy Buffett, of course.

“I always wanted a navy,” Buffett joked. “I was looking at the posters backstage and they said ‘Margaritaville at Sea.’ I kind of like the sound of that.”

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville restaurant and 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar will be on the Escape, which will begin sailing from Miami Nov. 14, 2015. The company will also have a presence on the line’s two private resorts at Harvest Caye in Belize and Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas. The partnership will eventually extend to the line’s other vessels in the fleet as well.

Margaritaville, which serves food and drink, with menu items such as the “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” will be one of the Escape’s complimentary dining choices. The 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar will be one of the line’s venues on the Waterfront, a row of indoor-outdoor dining and bar choices that run alongside the ship and offer views of the ocean. The bar will feature live music.

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The Margaritaville restaurant has 21 locations. The company also runs three resorts. A new one coming to Hollywood Beach, Fla. this year.

The 4,200-passenger Escape will be the largest vessel to use Miami as its home port year ’round. It joins the 4,000-passenger Norwegian Getaway, which began sailing from there in fall 2013.

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